Brighton's defenders made things difficult for the Batavia boys soccer team Thursday.
The Blue Devils had a few chances to score, but fell behind early and wound up getting shutout 2-0 in the Monroe County League game.
The Barons attacked early and had a shot to score 13 minutes in when a shot hit the crossbar atop the net. They took the 1-0 advantage just moments later when Sean Rose got one past Batavia keeper Jordan Brown.
Brighton kept the pressure high early in the first half, with Batavia's defense making some key stops, including a penalty kick attempted just after the goal was scored.
The Blue Devils had their best chance to score in the final six minutes of the opening half.
With about 5 1/2 minutes remaining, Batavia had a corner kick.
Brighton goalie Jake Bonar stopped two difficult shot attempts and a third went sailing over the net.
The Barons had a corner with less than a minute left before the break, but never got a shot off.
The momentum that Batavia had built near the end of the first half vanished fast at the start of the second half as Michael Patchen scored off a pass by Joe Shapiro at the 42 minute mark
Batavia had a few chances to score, but not many quality opportunities because of the Brighton defenders. Bonar had 11 saves for the Barons, who are 2-3 in the league and 3-7 overall.
Brown made nine saves for Batavia, which drops to 0-4 in the league and 4-6 overall.
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